Young's Literal Translation YLT
New International Version NIV
1 Remember, O Jehovah, what hath befallen us, Look attentively, and see our reproach.
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Remember, LORD, what has happened to us; look, and see our disgrace.
2 Our inheritance hath been turned to strangers, Our houses to foreigners.
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Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners.
3 Orphans we have been -- without a father, our mothers [are] as widows.
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We have become fatherless, our mothers are widows.
4 Our water for money we have drunk, Our wood for a price doth come.
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We must buy the water we drink; our wood can be had only at a price.
5 For our neck we have been pursued, We have laboured -- there hath been no rest for us.
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Those who pursue us are at our heels; we are weary and find no rest.
6 [To] Egypt we have given a hand, [To] Asshur, to be satisfied with bread.
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We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
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